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Hilary Knight calls President Trump's comment 'distasteful joke' (U.S. women's Olympic hockey team) [View all]
February 26 - Hilary Knight, captain of the gold-medal-winning U.S. women's Olympic hockey team, took exception to a comment President Donald Trump made in the wake of the U.S. men's Olympic hockey team winning its championship game.
Trump invited the men's Olympic team to attend the State of the Union speech, adding, "I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that."
He then said if he didn't welcome the women's team, too, "I do believe I probably would be impeached."
Knight reacted while appearing Wednesday on ESPN: "I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke, and, unfortunately, that is overshadowing a lot of the success, the success of just women at the Olympics carrying for Team USA and having amazing gold-medal feats.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/hilary-knight-calls-president-trumps-comment-distasteful-joke--flm-2026-02-26/
Trump invited the men's Olympic team to attend the State of the Union speech, adding, "I must tell you, we're going to have to bring the women's team, you do know that."
He then said if he didn't welcome the women's team, too, "I do believe I probably would be impeached."
Knight reacted while appearing Wednesday on ESPN: "I thought it was sort of a distasteful joke, and, unfortunately, that is overshadowing a lot of the success, the success of just women at the Olympics carrying for Team USA and having amazing gold-medal feats.
https://www.reuters.com/sports/hilary-knight-calls-president-trumps-comment-distasteful-joke--flm-2026-02-26/
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